# The Trump Administration: A Clusterfuck in the Making Part Deux (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 22, 2020, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083 "2020-06-22T03:36:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 120
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2393 "2020-08-16T06:48:55Z")
I don’t think that Trump or the Republicans are going to go for full blown dictatorship. Although he wants all of the perks of dictatorship Trump doesn’t have the political savy it takes to really pull off a full blown autocracy, and I don’t actually think the Republicans actually want that either. Dictatorships are bad for buisiness, and aren’t much fun unless you are the guy at the top, what with always involve watching your back. What they want is a heavily corrupt kleptocratic “democracy” where they can keep their cushy jobs funnel as much money as possible from the peasants into their golden parachutes and retain enough power to keep doing that. If they could keep the gravy train open with fair and free elections they would, but the problem is that the demographics are shifting away from them, Trump and his band of marching morons are the only thing that is keeping them from complete oblivion, so they have to pay lip service to the mad king. Meanwhile they need to use and abuse the power they still have to tilt the system in their favor so they can hang on as long as possible. McConnel doesn’t want to overturn the system he just wants to keep his thumb firmly planted on the right side of the scale. ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2394 "2020-08-16T11:16:01Z")
On July 26th, tRump tweeted: > Because of my strong focus on the China Virus, including scheduled meetings on Vaccines, our economy and much else, I won’t be able to be in New York to throw out the opening pitch for the Yankees on August 15th. He went [golfing with an ex-NFL kicker](https://www.rawstory.com/2020/08/toll-tops-170000-in-america-but-trump-spent-saturday-golfing-with-ex-nfl-kicker/) Nice pic on the page showing him wearing a white shirt with his orange makeup smeared on it ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2395 "2020-08-16T13:43:51Z")
> [@Coriolanus](#): > > Nice pic on the page showing him wearing a white shirt with his orange makeup smeared on it Are you sure those are not piddle-stains stains from Slavic professional women? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2396 "2020-08-16T13:45:46Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Are you sure those are not piddle-stains stains from Slavic professional women? - If they are, those women need to step up their hydration game. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2397 "2020-08-16T13:55:15Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > So… Why did Trump have his brother croaked? He suspected his brother was working for Hyman Roth. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2398 "2020-08-16T14:46:51Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > This is what Trump has feared all along, that he’d be prosecuted after he left office. This validates that fear, and you’re right: it’ll just make him dig in that much harder. Rather like trying to pull a tick from the body politic. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2399 "2020-08-16T16:05:41Z")
BAM! This one falls under [Rule #3](https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2016/11/10/trump-election-autocracy-rules-for-survival/): > **[Trump makes call for new White House doctor's virus advice](https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-ap-top-news-ca-state-wire-health-politics-886b59d445a3d20739e2f77600976ea0)** > > WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has found a new doctor for his coronavirus task force — and this time there's no daylight between them. > [@](#): > > Trump last week announced that [Dr. Scott Atlas](https://profiles.stanford.edu/scott-atlas), a frequent guest on Fox News Channel, has joined the White House as a pandemic adviser. Atlas, the former chief of neuroradiology at Stanford University Medical Center and a fellow at Stanford’s conservative Hoover Institution, has no expertise in public health or infectious diseases. > > But he has long been a critic of coronavirus lockdowns and has campaigned for kids to return to the classroom and for the return of college sports, just like Trump. > > “Scott is a very famous man who’s also very highly respected,” Trump told reporters as he introduced the addition. “He has many great ideas and he thinks what we’ve done is really good.” Institutions will not save us. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2400 "2020-08-16T16:12:56Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Trump last week announced that [Dr. Scott Atlas](https://profiles.stanford.edu/scott-atlas), a frequent guest on Fox News Channel, has joined the White House as a pandemic adviser. Atlas, the former chief of neuroradiology at Stanford University Medical Center and a fellow at Stanford’s conservative Hoover Institution, has no expertise in public health or infectious diseases. Given his neuroradiology expertise, I hope his first job there will be to interpret Trump’s most recent head CT (on the right). [https://www.radiologyinfo.org/gallery-items/images/brain-regions-alzheimer-mri.jpg](https://www.radiologyinfo.org/gallery-items/images/brain-regions-alzheimer-mri.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2401 "2020-08-16T17:09:10Z")
“Very famous” = he’s been on Fox News. “Highly respected” = I saw him on Fox News and he agrees with me. “He thinks what we’ve done is really good” = that’s all he needs to get the job. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2402 "2020-08-16T17:56:00Z")
President Dogshit is [reportedly considering a pardon](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/15/edward-snowden-trump-pardon) for Edward Snowden. Why did Vlad tell him to do that? ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2403 "2020-08-16T18:09:02Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > President Dogshit is [reportedly considering a pardon](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/15/edward-snowden-trump-pardon) for Edward Snowden. Why did Vlad tell him to do that?   Vlad has gotten everything he needs out of Snowden and is now tired of having him hanging around, so Vlad is ready to pack him up and send him home. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2404 "2020-08-16T18:31:12Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Vlad has gotten everything he needs out of Snowden and is now tired of having him hanging around, so Vlad is ready to pack him up and send him home. - Coach, first class or shipping container? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2405 "2020-08-16T18:38:36Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Great news! But I’m waiting for the other shoe to drop… “I nominated him for _WHAT?_ **BLM?** How could you let me DO that? You’re – waitaminute, Mulvaney, tell him he’s – hold on, Jared, tell; Mulvaney to put out a press release that this idiot is quitting. And get rid of that Pendley a-hole!” ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2406 "2020-08-16T18:59:56Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Trump last week announced that [Dr. Scott Atlas](https://profiles.stanford.edu/scott-atlas), a frequent guest on Fox News Channel, has joined the White House as a pandemic adviser. Atlas, the former chief of neuroradiology at Stanford University Medical Center and a fellow at Stanford’s conservative Hoover Institution, has no expertise in public health or infectious diseases. What FUCK does “neuroradiology” have to do with “infectious diseases and public health”? The problem we have is outside of Dr. Atlas’ expertise. It would be like going to a podiatrist for an eye infection. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2407 "2020-08-16T19:02:40Z")
But… he’s a _doctor_! ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2408 "2020-08-16T19:12:46Z")
He’s a Trump-agreeing doctor. Much like Dr. Harold Bornstein, who wrote a glowing letter about Trump’s health, declaring that he only had “positive results”. Wrote it in 5 minutes while waiting in a limo. Dude reminded me of Dr. Nick from the Simpsons. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2409 "2020-08-16T19:23:41Z")
Actual footage of Dr. Bornstein being ushered into Trump’s limo. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZPYz6AWxjGk/maxresdefault.jpg "The Dude") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPYz6AWxjGk) ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2410 "2020-08-16T23:32:05Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Coach, first class or shipping container? I thought small box loaded via upper-story window was the way they did such things in Russia these days? ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2411 "2020-08-17T01:23:52Z")
Where is the thread on a bipartisan group of Senators [asking for an investigation into](https://news.yahoo.com/senate-committee-sought-investigation-bannon-024424165.html) the 3-shirts guy? ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083/2412 "2020-08-17T02:06:59Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Where is the thread on a bipartisan group of Senators [asking for an investigation into](https://news.yahoo.com/senate-committee-sought-investigation-bannon-024424165.html) the 3-shirts guy? - Every now and then, some little bit of slime slips out into open view like this letter and we understand how much has been swept under the rug out of view. The Trump cabal is playing for keeps and these are the reasons why. I’m sure we’ve all suspected Erick Prince, Steve Bannon, Sam Clovis, the Trump spawn and others are deeply involved in illegal activities with Russian and/or pro-Russian Ukrainian oligarchs. It’s life and death for them. It should be life or death for us, too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=119) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux-part-1/911083.md?page=121)